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A    BRIEF   H  ISTORY 

OF  THE  f  ^ 

DUANE  STREET 

LATE 

CEDAR  STREET 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH; 

A.VD 

A  MANUAL 
FOR  ITS  MEMBERS. 


CYRUS  MASON,  PASTOR. 


Published  Ij  order  of  the  Set  si  on. 


NEW. YORK  : 

Junes  V  jr.  >   .  .  < .  ,  Printer,  49  William-street. 


1335. 


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BASEMENT  FLOOR. 

1.  Sexton's  Ronrn. 

2  Troatftfli1  Room- 

3,  4  Entrani-o. 

5.  Fannie  Sundiiy  Srhool. 

fi.  Mak  Sunday  school. 

7.  Sludy. 

8   Lecmro  Room. 


A 

BRIEF  HISTORY 

OF  THE 

DUANE-STREET  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


The  origin  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  the  city 
of  New- York,  is  to  be  reckoned  from  the  year  1707, 
when  the  Rev.  Mr.  M'Kemie,  from  Virginia,  preached 
the  first  sermon,  and  baptized  a  child,  at  the  house  of 
Mr.  William  Jackson,  in  Pearl-street,  near  the  Bat- 
tery. The  first  Presbyterian  minister  settled  in  New- 
York,  was  the  Rev.  Mr.  Anderson,  in  1716,  who 
preached  for  three  years  in  the  City-hall.  In  1719, 
the  church  in  Wall-street  was  erected,  aided  by 
contributions,  made  for  that  purpose,  in  the  colony  of 
Connecticut,  and  in  Scotland.  From  that  time  to 
the  year  1807,  there  continued  to  be  but  one  Presby- 
terian church,  though  this  church  had  erected  two 
additional  places  of  worship,  the  one  in  Beekman- 
street,  and  the  other  in  Rutgers-street,  and  main- 
tained three  copastors.  A  party,  in  the  mean  time, 
had  become  dissatisfied  with  the  introduction  of 
Watts'  psalms  and  hymns,  and  had  established  them- 
selves in  Cedar-street,  and  settled  the  Rev.  John 
Mason,  from  Scotland,  as  their  pastor. 

In  the  year  1806,  it  became  difficult  to  procure  seats 
in  either  of  the  Presbyterian  places  of  worship.  Manr 


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were  dissatisfied  with  the  system  of  copastors.  The 
venerable  Dr.  Rodgers,  the  senior  pastor  of  the  first 
church,  favoured  the  idea  of  erecting  a  new  church. 

On  the  fifth  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1807,  the  follow- 
ing persons,  attached  to  each  other  by  various  affini- 
ties, and  convinced  that  a  new  Presbyterian  Church 
might  be  sustained  in  this  city,  opened  a  subscription 
for  that  purpose,  and  appointed  a  building  committee, 
with  full  powers  to  erect  a  house  at  their  discretion, 
in  Cedar  street,  between  Nassau  and  William  streets, 
and  sell  the  pews  at  auction,  (subject  to  a  yearly  as- 
sessment for  the  support  of  the  Gospel,)  to  reimburse 
the  subscribers. 


Ebenezer  Stevens, 

Elisha  Coit, 

Selah  Strong, 

Elias  Kane, 

Elisha  Leavenworth, 

John  Coit, 

John  Aspinwall, 

Joseph  Otis, 

Levi  Coit, 

Lebbeus  Loomis, 

Archibald  Gracie, 

Caleb  S.  Riggs, 

John  Patrick, 

David  G.  Hubbard, 

B.  M.  Mumford, 

Joseph  Strong, 

Charles  Richards, 

Gurdon  Buck, 

"William  Lovett, 

Stephen  Whitney, 

Najaii  Taylor, 

Peter  Morrison, 

Nathaniel  Richards, 

James  Robertson, 

Benjamin  Strong, 

William  Bruce, 

GeORGE  Griswold, 

Isaac  Pierson, 

Theodore  Ely, 

Joel  Post, 

Peter  Dusten, 

Hezekiah  Lord, 

Oliver  Wolcott, 

William  Adams, 

William  Codman, 

Robert  Halliday, 

William  W.  Woolsey, 

Samuel  Whittemore, 

George  M.  Woolsey, 

Robert  M.  Steel, 

John  R.  Murray, 

Samuel  Mansfield, 

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Geoece  Pelor,  John  Hyslop, 

Effington  Silbt,  Robert  Weir, 

S.  Denton,  Lemuel  Wells, 

David  Hosack,  Jonathan  Little, 

Mary  Watson,  Humphrey  &  Whitney, 

Henry  Whitney,  Stephens  &  Ely, 

Amasa  Jackson,  John  Knox, 

William  Hall,  John  G.  Warren, 

John  Ripley,  John  Trumbull, 

Nathaniel  L.  Griswold,  Jonathan  Lawrence, 

Andrew  S.  Norwood,  Lynde  Catlin, 
William  Nelson,  Jun. 

In  the  autumn  of  1808,  the  pews  in  the  church 
wore  sold  at  auction  for  a  sum  exceeding-  the  cost  of 
the  house  and  grounds,  and  the  subscribers  were  re- 
paid with  interest. 

On  the  19th  of  December,  1808,  the  pew  owners 
met  at  the  house  of  worship,  and  formed  themselves 
into  a  Christian  congregation,  agreeably  to  the  statute 
for  incorporating  religious  societies  in  this  state,  and 
elected  the  following  persons  as  trustees  of  the  tem- 
poralities of  the  congregation  : — 

Oliver  Wolcott,  Selah  Strong, 

Archibald  Gracie,  Elisha  Coit, 

Lynde  Catlin,  Caleb  S.  Riggs, 

Ebenezer  Stevens,  William  Codman, 

William  Lovett. 

And  they  appointed  Benjamin  Strong,  Treasurer. 

On  the  28th  of  June,  1808,  the  congregation  waa 
received  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  New- 
York. 

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In  August,  of  the  same  year,  they  chose  the  Rev. 
John  B.  Romeyn,  of  Albany,  to  be  their  Pastor. 

On  the  Gtli  of  November,  the  house  was  dedicated 
to  the  w  orship  of  God,  and  the  sermon  on  that  occa- 
sion was  preached  by  Dr.  Rodgers,  senior  Pastor  of 
the  Collegiate  Presbyterian  Church  in  New-York. 

On  the  9th  of  the  same  month,  Mr.  Romeyn  was 
installed  Pastor  of  the  congregation.  And  on  the  1 3th 
of  the  same  month,  the  following  persons  were  regu- 
larly constituted  a  Church  of  Christ,  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Romeyn,  and  entered  into  covenant  with  each 
other  to  walk  in  the  fellowship  of  the  Gospel  under 
the  government  and  discipline  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  and  under 
the  pastoral  care  of  Mr.  Romeyn,  namely  : 

Hugh  Aichincloss,  Mary  Carrington, 

Samuel  Darling,  Betsey  Coit, 

Thomas  Darling,  Nancy  Darling, 

Elisiia  Ely,  Esther  Gracie, 

George  Fitch,  Eliza  Lewis, 

Archibald  Gracie.  Ann  Manwaring, 

William  Hall,  Hannah  Mudge, 

Jonathan  Kellogg,  Nancy  Otis, 

Zeciiariah  Lewis,  Lydia  Richards, 

Pelatjah  Perit,  Jane  Reid, 

Eliakim  Raymond,  Harriet  Romeyn, 

Daniel  Smith,  Ann  Todd, 

Solomon  Williams,  Mary  Watson, 

Oliver  Wolcott,  Betsey  Jackson. 

Elders  and  Deacons  of  this  Church. 

Elders. 
Chosen  January  1,  1809. 
Zechariah  Lewis,  William  Cleveland. 


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Chosen  October  31,  1809. 
*Elisha  Coit,  Solomon  Williams. 

Chosen  December  27,  1810. 
Isaac  Ives,  Samuel  Whiting, 

Johx  E.  Caldwell,  George  Fitch, 

Divie  Betiiune. 

Chosen  August  1,  1819- 
Benjamin  Strong,  *Hugh  Auchincloss, 

Oliver  Wilcox,  *  Thomas  Masters. 

Chosen  March  9,  1827. 
*  Francis  Markoe. 

Chosen  November  1,  1829. 
•Joseph  Otis,  *Cyrenius  Beers, 

•Horace  Hinsdale,  *John  W.  Carrington, 

Henry  Young. 

Chosen  December  13,  1831. 
Simeon  Hvde. 

Deacons. 
Chosen  January  1,  1809. 
George  Fitch. 

Chosen  December  27,  1810. 
AVilliam  Hall,  Oliver  Wilcox, 

Hugh  Auchincloss. 

Chosen  August  1,  1819. 
Charles  Richards,  Cvrenius  Beers, 

Horace  Hinsdale. 


*  This  murk  denotes  those  now  in  office. 


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Chosen  December  18,  1821. 
Knowles  Taylor,  Marcus  Wilbur. 

Chosen  November  1,  1829. 
*Dennjs  Davenport,  *Alfred  C.  Post, 

*  William  Walker. 

No  person  has  been  an  Elder,  and  at  the  same  time 
a  Deacon,  of  this  Church. 

The  names  of  those  who  are  to  become  Elders  or 
Deacons,  are  presented  by  the  Session  to  the  Church 
from  the  pulpit  two  successive  Sabbaths ;  and  if  no 
sufficient  reason  is  presented  by  any  person  to  the 
Session  why  the  persons  named  should  not  fill  the 
office  of  Elder  or  Deacon,  they  are  afterward  set 
apart  by  the  Pastor,  according  to  the  usage  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church. 

The  Rev.  Dr..  Romevn 
Died  on  the  22d  of  February,  1825  ;  and,  on  the  7th 
of  December,  1826, 

Mr.  Cyrus  Mason, 
A  student  of  the  Princeton  Seminary,  and  licenciate 
of  the  Presbytery  of  New- York,  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled Pastor  of  this  Church. 

Present  Trustees. 
Najah  Taylor,      1  William  Howard,  ) 

John  W.  Leavitt,  >  1835.    John  A.  Stevens,   \  1836. 
Joel  Post,  J  James  N.  Cobb,  ) 

Robert  Buloid,  1 
William  M.  Halsted,  >  1837. 
Morris  Ketchum,  i 

Treasurer — Caleb  O.  Halsted. 
Sexton — S.  N.  Burrill,  No  556  Pearl-street,  near 
the  Hospital. 


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The  emigration  from  the  lower  to  the  upper  part 
of  the  city,  began  to  thin  this  congregation  before  the 
death  of  Dr.  Romeyn,  and  since  that  time  this  church 
has  furnished  elders  to  ten  new  churches  which  have 
sprung  up  into  sudden  maturity  and  strength.  At 
length  it  became  apparent  that  the  church  edifice 
must  be  removed,  if  the  identity  of  the  congregation 
was  to  be  preserved ;  for  the  neighbourhood  im- 
mediately around  the  church  edifice,  and  where  nume- 
rous families  of  the  congregation  had  resided,  was 
given  up  almost  entirely  to  the  purposes  of  commerce. 
The  value  of  property  became  so  great  that  few  per- 
sons wished  to  occupy  it  for  dwellings,  and  conse- 
quently the  number  of  dismissions  to  the  newer 
churches  in  the  upper  part  of  the  city  and  Brooklyn 
was  very  great  during  the  last  few  years. 

In  the  month  of  April,  1034,  the  Trustees  procured 
a  new  location,  at  the  corner  of  Duane  and  Church 
streets,  and  appointed  a  building  committee  to  erect  a 
new  house  of  worship.  Since  that  time,  they  have 
hired  and  occupied  as  their  place  of  worship,  the  lec- 
ture room  of  the  Brick  Church,  in  Beekman-street. 
The  name  of  the  Church  has  been  changed  by  an  act 
of  the  legislature,  to  correspond  with  the  street  in 
which  it  is  located,  and  is  called  the  Duane-street 
Presbyterian  Church.  The  new  Church  is  to  be 
finished  the  first  of  September,  1835. 

Building  Committee. 

William  Howard,  George  Griswold, 

Najak  Taylor,  J.  W.  Leavitt, 

Joel  Post. 


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ADMISSION  TO  THE  CHURCH. 

Address  to  Candidates. 

You  have  presented  yourselves  in  this  public  man- 
ner, before  God,  to  dedicate  yourselves  to  his  service, 
and  to  unite  with  his  visible  Church. 

It  is  not  to  take  on  you  any  new  obligations,  but  to 
acknowledge  and  endeavour  to  fulfil  those  obligations 
which  have  ever  been  binding  on  you  and  all  who  hear 
the  Gospel.  You  are  about  to  profess  supreme  love 
to  God,  sincere  contrition  for  all  your  sins,  and  faith 
in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Relying  on  the  strength 
of  divine  grace,  you  are  about  to  enter  into  solemn 
covenant,  to  receive  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy 
Ghost,  as  offered  in  the  Gospel,  and  to  walk  in  all  the 
commandments  and  ordinances  of  the  Lord  blameless. 


Profession  of  Faith. 

1 .  Do  you  believe  that  there  is  but  one  God,  in  three 
persons ;  the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost  ? 
and  that  they  are  the  same  in  substance,  equal  in 
power  and  glory  ?  that  this  God  is  a  Spirit,  infi- 
nite, eternal,  and  unchangeable,  in  his  being,  wisdom, 
power,  holiness,  justice,  goodness  and  truth,  and  that 
he  is  the  Maker,  the  Upholder,  and  righteous  Gover- 
nor of  the  world  ? 

2.  Do  you  believe  that  God  made  man  upright  ? 
in  his  own  image  ?  and  that  man  continued  not  in  his 
first  estate,  but  fell  in  Adam's  first  transgression  ?  that 
death  hath  passed  upon  all  men,  for  that  all  have 
6inned  ?  that  so  long  as  we  are  in  unbelief,  we  are 
under  condemnation,  and  liable  to  everlasting  misery  ? 
and  that,  of  ourselves  we  can  neither  obtain  eternal 


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life,  merit  the  favour  of  God,  nor  prepare  our  souls  for 
the  enjoyment  of  heaven? 

3.  Do  you  believe  that  God  so  loved  the  world,  that 
he  gave  his  own  Son,  that  whosoever  believeth  in  him, 
should  not  perish,  but  have  everlasting  life?  that 
through  the  substitution,  incarnation,  obedience,  and 
death  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  law  is  fulfilled,  and  mag- 
nified, and  honoured ;  justice  satisfied ;  eternal  re- 
demption purchased,  and  a  new  and  living  way  opened, 
so  that  God  can  now  be  just,  and  the  justifier  of  him 
that  believeth  in  J  esus  ?  that  he  j  ustifieth  freely  through 
the  redemption  that  is  in  Christ  ?  that  he  adopts 
into  his  family,  of  his  own  free  and  sovereign  grace  ? 
tha,.  he  sanctifies  by  the  washing  of  regeneration,  and 
the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost  ?  and  that  he  keeps 
believers  by  his  mighty  power  through  faith  unto  sal- 
vation, and  admits  them  to  glory  everlasting  through 
Jesus  Christ  ? 

4.  Do  you  believe,  that  repentance  toward  God,  and 
faith  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  a  life  of  new  and 
holy  obedience,  are  our  reasonable  and  indispensable 
duties?  And,  that  the  means  of  grace  are  to  be 
humbly,  diligently,  and  faithfully  used  for  spiritual 
nourishment  and  growth  in  grace  ? 

5.  Do  you  believe,  that  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old 
and  New  Testament  are  the  word  of  God  ?  that  they 
are  the  only  all-sufficient  rule  of  faith  and  practice  ? 
and  that  you  are  bound  to  receive  them  as  such,  to 
search  them  carefully,  and  obey  them  entirely? 

6.  Do  you  believe,  that  you  are  under  solemn  obli- 
gations to  observe  all  the  rites  and  institutions  of  the 


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Gospel  ?  and  to  submit  yourselves  in  all  meekness  to 
the  regular  authority  and  discipline  of  the  Church  of 
God? 

7.  Do  you  believe  in  the  resurrection  of  the  body  ? 
in  the  general  judgment?  and  in  a  future  state  of 
rewards  and  punishments,  as  set  forth  in  the  Holy 
Scriptures  ?, 

8.  And  finally,  do  you  receive  as  the  standards  of 
your  faith  and  practice,  the  Confession  of  Faith  and 
Catechisms  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  so  far  as  you 
have  been  enabled  to  understand  them. 

Covenant. 

We  do  now,  in  the  presence  of  God  and  of  his 
people,  most  solemnly  and  sincerely  surrender  our 
souls,  bodies,  and  spirits  to  God,  as  a  living  sacrifice. 
And  we  do  renounce  the  devil,  the  world,  and  the 
flesh;  fully  purposing  in  the  strength  of  the  grace  of 
God,  to  abstain  from  every  evil  way,  and  to  live  a  life 
of  new  obedience,  making  the  Word  of  God  our  only 
rule. 

We  do  solemnly  covenant  and  promise,  that  we 
will  constantly  endeavour  to  promote  the  peace  and 
harmony  and  prosperity  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
generally,  and  of  this  Church  especially;  that  we  will 
submit  ourselves  to  every  Divine  ordinance  for  the 
Lord's  stke ;  that  we  will  be  punctual  and  prayer- 
ful in  our  attendance  in  all  the  worship  of  God's 
house ;  that  we  will  never  undervalue,  despise,  or 
renounce,  nor  in  any  way  neglect  the  seals  of  God's 
covenant — Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper ;  and 
should  the  providence  of  God  remove  our  dwelling 
beyond  the  opportunity  of  a  stated  attendance  on  the 
ordinances  of  this  Church,  and  place  us  within  the 


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bounds  of  any  sister  Church,  we  will  early  remove  our 
relation,  and  unite  with  the  people  of  God  among 
whom  we  may  dwell ;  and  that  we  will  continually 
observe  secret  devotion,  and  as  far  as  God  may  give  us 
opportunity,  family  worship  also.  And  in  all  things, 
earnestly  endeavour  to  perfect  holiness  in  the  fear  of 
the  Lord,  relying  on  the  grace  and  spirit  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

Thus  you  severally  profess  and  engage. 

Address. 

We  do  now  affectionately  receive  you  as  members 
of  this  Church  ;  and  in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  declare  you  entitled  to  all  its  privileges. 

We  welcome  you  to  our  fellowship  in  the  blessings 
of  the  Gospel ;  and,  on  our  part,  engage  to  watch  over 
you  in  brotherly  love,  with  all  fidelity,  having  to  render 
an  account :  and  as  joint  heirs  with  you  of  the  same 
inheritance  in  the  eternal  world,  endeavour  to  promote 
your  present  and  everlasting  welfare.    Amen  ! 

SACRAMENTS. 

BAPTISM. 

The  children  of  parents,  one  or  both  of  whom  are 
members  in  full  communion  with  the  Church,  are  bap- 
tized at  the  opening  of  public  worship,  but  most  com- 
monly at  the  evening  service  after  the  communion. 
The  names  of  the  parents  and  the  child,  with  the  date 
of  its  birth,  must  always  be  furnished  to  the  pastor  in 
writing  before  the  service  commences,  and  the  child  is 
to  be  presented  by  the  professing  parent. 

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Address  to  professing  Parents. 
The  sacrament  ol'Christian  baptism  is  not  to  be  used 
out  of  custom  or  superstition.  It  is  not  the  mere 
giving  of  a  name,  nor  does  it  regenerate  or  save.  It 
is  a  solemn  transaction  between  the  Church  and  God, 
in  which  the  parents  of  the  child,  as  members  of  that 
Church,  by  their  own  baptism  and  their  present  pro- 
fession, are  directly  concerned,  and  which  they  are 
bound  to  perform  with  a  living  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus, 
and  dependence  on  his  grace  for  faithfulness  and  per- 
severance. 

Questions  to  be  answered  in  the  affirmative  by  professing 
Parents. 

That  it  may  appear  evident  to  all  that  your  views  on 
this  subject  are  scriptural,  and  your  intentions  correct, 
you  will  please  to  answer  the  following  questions  : — 

1.  Do  you  believe  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments  as  containing  the  word  of  God,  and 
the  only  way  of  salvation  ? 

2.  Do  you  renounce  the  devil  with  all  his  works,  the 
world  with  all  its  pomps  and  vanities,  and  the  sinful 
lusts  of  the  flesh  ? 

3.  Do  you  promise  to  teach  your  child  to  read  the 
Bible,  and  to  instruct  it  in  the  principles  of  religion 
as  the  same  are  judiciously  summed  up  in  the  West- 
minster Confession  of  Faith,  and  the  Catechisms 
Larger  and  Shorter  ? 

4.  Do  you  promise  to  pray  for  and  with  your  child, 
attending  regularly  to  family  religion,  as  God  may  give 
you  opportunity  from  day  to  day  ? 

5.  Do  you  promise  to  set  your  child  a  good  example, 
walking  before  it  in  the  way  of  the  Lord,  watching 
over  it,  and  training  it  up  in  the  fear  of  God  ? 


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6.  Do  you  submit  yourselves  and  this  child  to  the 
Christian  authority  of  this  Church  of  Christ,  to  be 
dealt  with  at  all  times  according  to  the  word  of  God  ? 


THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

NoTrcE  of  the  communion  is  given  from  the  pulpit 
the  sixth  and  fifth  Sabbaths  previous.  A  time  is  then 
appointed  for  those  who  wish  to  unite  with  the  Church 
to  visit  the  pastor.  And  after  that  time,  any  applica 
tions  (except  in  extraordinary  cases,)  will  be  deferred 
to  the  next  communion,  which  is  only  two  months 
distant. 

Those  who  are  received  by  the  Session  as  members 
of  the  Church,  make  a  profession  of  their  faith,  and 
enter  into  covenant  with  the  Church,  at  the  close  of 
the  preparatory  lecture  on  the  Friday  evening  previous 
to  the  communion. 


CARE  OF  THE  CHILDREN  OF  THE  CONGREGATION. 

There  is  a  yearly  meeting,  in  the  month  of  Octo- 
ber, of  the  Session,  with  all  the  youth  and  children  of 
the  congregation  for  special  prayer,  and  an  address  to 
them  by  the  pastor.  Their  parents  are  present  at  this 
meeting,  but  are  seated  apart  from  their  children,  for 
whom  the  meeting  is  specially  intended. 

There  is  under  the  care  and  direction  of  the  Session, 
a  Sabbath  School  for  all  the  children  and  youth  of  the 
congregation,  taught  in  the  Church,  and  superintended 
by  one  of  the  elders.  In  this  school,  there  are  classes 
of  all  ages,  from  four  years  to  maturity,  so  that  those 
who  will,  may  continue  to  enjoy  instruction  suited  to 


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their  years  and  advancement,  until  they  are  fit  to  be- 
come teachers  of  others. 

There  is  also  a  Sabbath  School  for  such  pupils  as 
the  teachers  are  able  to  collect.  This  school  has 
done  much  good,  and  has  brought  many  members 
into  the  Church. 


SERVICES  NOT  ON  THE  SABBATH. 

There  is  a  weekly  lecture  on  Tuesday  evening, 
except  on  that  following  the  first  Monday  evening  of 
the  month,  which  is  the  monthly  concert  for  prayer  ; 
a  weekly  prayer  meeting  on  Thursday  evening ;  and 
a  weekly  Bible  class  on  Wednesday,  for  the  female 
class,  and  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day,  for  the  male 
class.    All  these  meetings  are  in  the  lecture  room. 

There  is  also  at  the  same  place  an  occasional  con- 
ference meeting  on  Monday  evening,  where  the  pastor 
or  the  elders  or  both  confer  with  those  who  are  can- 
didates for  the  communion,  or  serious  inquirers  after 
the  way  of  salvation. 

There  is  also  a  Church  prayer  meeting  on  Saturday 
evening  previous  to  the  communion,  and  this  is  a 
substitute  for  the  Thursday  evening  prayer  meeting  in 
that  week. 


PASTORAL  VISITATION. 

The  pastor  of  the  Church  desires  to  be  early  in- 
formed of  all  cases  of  sickness  or  distress  where  his 
presence  maybe  desired  among  the  people  of  his  care. 
And  he  will,  at  the  request  of  any  member  of  the  con- 
gregation, pay  such  clerical  visits  as  may  be  in  his 
power  to  any  persons  desiring  his  attention,  though 
they  may  not  belong  to  his  proper  and  peculiar  care. 


A  LIST 

OF  THE 

MEMBERS    OF    THE    CHURCH    AT    THE    TIME  OF 
PRINTING    THIS  MANUAL. 


Those  marked  thus  (*)  are  removed  from  the  Congregation. 


Admitted  1808. 
Hugh  Auchincloss. 
Thomas  Darling. 

Ann  Manwaring,  wife  of  Gurdon  Manwaring. 
Nancy  Otis,  wife  of  Joseph  Otis. 
Anna  Todd,  widow. 

1809. 

Elisha  Coit. 
*Peter  Morrison. 

Joseph  Otis. 
*Mary  Fowler. 

Rachel  Brown,  wife  of  David  Brown. 

Margaret  Ann  Todd. 
*Mary  Jackson,  widow  of  Amasa  Jackson. 

Horace  Hinsdale. 

Julia  Wattles,  now  widow  of  .Totham  Post. 
Charlotte  Strong,  now  wife  of  Wm.  C.  Mulli- 
gan. 
*Jesse  Scofield. 

Ann  Brewster,  widow  of  Chas.  A.  Brewster. 
1810. 

♦Abigail  Johnson. 

Catherine  Murphy. 
•Joseph  Marcell. 

G)  * 


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Christian  Zabriskie. 
Cyrenius  Beers. 
*Betsey  Scofield,  wife  of  Jesse  Scofield. 
William  Callender. 

Hannah  Deming,  wife  of  Barzilla  Deming. 
Barzilla  Deming. 

1811. 

Margaret  Beers,  wife  of  Cyrenius  Beers. 
♦Elizabeth  Rogers. 
William  C.  Mulligan. 

Harriet  Whitney,  wife  of  Stephen  Whitney. 
♦Alexander  Neilson. 
Andrew  Selleg. 

1812. 

John  W.  Carrington. 

Martha  Dunning,  widow  of  Julius  L.  Dunning. 

Jane  Zabriskie,  wife  of  Christian  Zabriskie. 
♦Ursula  Moore,  now  wife  of  John  Proeg. 
•Beulah  Whittlesey,  widow. 
*Esther  Miller. 

Betsey  Scribner,  wife  of  Uriah  R.  Scribner. 
Nancy  De  Forest,  wife  of  Philo  De  Forest. 
Sarah  Baker,  widow. 

1813. 

Rebecca  Coit,  wife  of  Elisha  Coit. 
Hannah  Selleg,  wife  of  Andrew  Selleg. 
Rhoda  Tunis,  wife  of  C.  C.  Tunis. 
Rufus  Davenport. 
Winnifred  Post. 

Sarah  Young,  widow  of  Stephen  B.  Young. 

Eliza  Young. 

Martha  M.  Coit. 
♦Thankful  W.  Gibbs. 
"Cornelia  Sands,  widow  of  Comfort  Sands. 

Jennette  Goddard,  widow  of  Thos.  H.  God- 
dard. 

*Anna  McKinne,  wife  of  Mr.  Gould. 


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1815. 

♦Charles  Watts. 

♦Harriet  B.  Wilson,  wife  of  Gen.  Macomb. 

♦Alexander  Duncan. 

*Mary  Duncan,  wife  of  Alex.  Duncan. 

Isabella  Steel,  now  wife  of  Robert  Buloid. 

Ann  Main,  wife  of  James  I.  Stewart. 

Mary  C.  Todd,  now  wife  of  Chas.  Squire. 
♦Mary  Fraser,  wife  of  Chas.  Fraser. 

Frances  Jessup,  wife  of  Tarbel  Jessup. 
♦Horace  S.  Manley. 

Lucina  Graham,  now  wife  of  Horace  Hinsdale. 

Rebecca  Washburn,  widow  of  Joseph  Graham. 
♦Margaret  Kidney,  wife  of  Abraham  Kidney. 

Tarbel  Jessup. 

Robert  Graham. 

Wakeman  Burritt. 

Thomas  Masters. 

Isabella  Masters,  wife  of  Thomas  Masters. 
1816. 

Grace  Burritt,  wife  of  Wakeman  Burritt. 
♦Wealthy  Ann  Bulkley,  widow  of  Archibald 
Bulkley. 
James  Morgan. 

Nancy  Sistare,  widow  of  Joseph  Sistare. 
Ann  B.  Griswold,  wife  of  N.  L.  Griswold. 
♦  Abraham  Kidney. 
Eliza  Ann  Graham. 

Aurelia  Carrington,  wife  of  John  W.  Carnng- 
ton. 

1817. 

Najah  Taylor. 
♦Jane  Braiden,  wife  of  Mr.  Jackson. 

1818. 

♦Margaret  Leffingwell,  wife  of  Christopher  Lef- 

flngwell. 
♦Sophia  Gibbs. 
William  Cairnes. 


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Hannah  Lee. 

Eliza  Taylor. 
*Keziah  Murden. 
*Ruth  Tucker. 

1819. 

*Thomas  Turnbull. 
*John  Taylor. 
Caleb  O.  Halsted. 

1820. 

Mehitabel  Smith. 
Thaddeus  Sherman. 
*Eliza  R.  Hubley. 

Eliza  A.  Bailey,  wife  of  Mr.  M'Jimsey. 

Cornelia  A.  Whitney,  widow  of  Giles  A. 
Whitney. 
*Elizabeth  Hower. 
*Elizabeth  Earl. 

1821. 

*Eliza  Callender,  now  wife  of  Mr.  West. 
Abigail  Fountain,  widow. 
Lothina  Frost,  wife  of  . 

1822. 
David  M.  Hubbard. 
Harriet  Cable. 
Jane  L.  Auchincloss. 

1823. 

Martha  Watrous,  widow. 
Julianna  Watrous,  wife  of  Francis  B.  Grady. 
Frances  Darling,  wife  of  Thos.  Darling. 
Sarah  Scribner. 

Lucretia  Stevens,  widow  of  Gen.  Eben. 
Stevens. 

1824. 

Mary  McEvers,  now  wife  of  Saml.  Valentine. 
Robert  Buloid. 
Sarah  Taylor. 


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18'26. 

Alfred  Chas.  Post,  M.  D. 
♦Miriam  Lewis. 
Francis  Markoe. 

Sarah  Markoe,  wife  of  Francis  Markoe. 
Martha  C.  Markoe,  now  wife  of  Rev.  Cyrus 
Mason. 

Sally  Markoe,  now  wife  of  James  Wright. 
Mary  M.  Caldwell. 

Mary  Morse,  wife  of  Ezekiel  W.  Morse. 
1827. 

Henrietta  Martin,  now  wife  of  James  Farless. 
William  Walker. 
♦William  G.  Watrous. 
Gurdon  Buck,  jun.,  M.  D. 
Ralph  Olmsted. 

Mary  Olmsted,  wife  of  Ralph  Olmsted. 
Dennis  Davenport. 

Catherine  Davenport,  wife  of  Dennis  Daven- 
port. 

Ezekiel  W.  Morse. 

Caroline  L.  Steel,  now  wife  of  William  Walker. 
Harriet  Beers,  now  wife  of  Alfred  C.  Post. 
Emma  Beers. 

Maria  Halsted,  wife  of  W.  M.  Halsted. 
Martha  Hinsdale,  now  wife  of  Henry  Butler. 
Laura  Clark,  now  wife  of  Henry  B.  Hinsdale. 
Elizabeth  Haines. 
Henry  B.  Hinsdale. 
Henry  Butler. 
•Amos  S.  Thornton. 

♦Elizabeth  Thornton,  wife  of  A.  S.  Thornton. 
James  N.  Cobb. 

Cornelia  L.  Halsted,  wife  of  Caleb  O.  Halsted. 

Elizabeth  Hubbard. 

Martha  S.  Hubbard. 
•Hannah  Estie,  wife  of  Mr.  Burnet. 
*Mary  D.  Swift. 


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1828. 

William  M.  Halsted. 
James  Wright. 
Newton  Hayes. 
*Newton  St.  John. 
Edward  Field. 

Isahella  Field,  wife  of  Edward  Field. 

Grace  E.  Burritt. 

Sarah  Lang. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Morse. 

Lucy  Hubbard. 

Frances  M.  Jessup. 
*William  Wilby. 
*Sybil  Wilby. 

John  Simonson. 

Hannah  Whitney. 

Eliza  Manley. 
*Mary  St.  John,  now  wife  of  Louis  Toquet. 

1829. 

Eliza  Doremus,  wife  of  Francis  Doremus. 
Sarah  Deming,  wife  of  Edwin  J.  Brown. 
Sally  Edwards. 
Edwin  J.  Brown. 
John  H.  Morrison. 
Charles  A.  Brewster. 
Elbert  J.  Roosevelt. 
Homer  Ramsdale. 

Achsah  Smith,  now  wife  of  Albro  Howell. 
•Antoinette  L.  Taylor. 

Emily  Steel,  now  wife  of  Henry  W.  Olcott. 
^Clarissa  Catlin. 
*Elizabeth  H.  Green. 

Nancy  S.  St.  John,  wife  of  Chas.  St.  John. 
Catherine  Duffy. 
Henry  St.  John. 

Rhoda  Smith,  widow  of  Matt.  Smith. 
Sarah  McGurchy. 

Sarah  M.  Mease,  wife  of  Chas.  B.  Mease. 


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Angeline  Ketchum,  wife  of  Morris  Ketchum. 
1830. 

William  Hall,  jun. 
Frances  M.  Mason. 
Catherine  Wales,  widow. 
Wm.  Henry  Smith. 

Mary  Pemberton    Sturges,    wife  of  Jon. 

Sturges. 
Charles  St.  John. 
Allen  M.  Jerome. 
Charlotte  O.  Risley. 
•John  Gallaher. 

*Sarah  Gallaher,  wife  of  John  Gallaher. 
*Mary  Gallaher. 

Esther  McCormick,  widow  of  Hugh  McCor- 
mick. 

Hetty  Amanda  McCormick. 

Julia  Hinsdale. 

George  R.  Ives. 

Mary  Decamp. 

Rufus  Leavitt. 

Edward  Jones. 

Mary  Ann  McCormick. 

1831. 

Margaret  Wilsey,  wife  of  Ferd.  L.  Wilsey. 

Loring  Andrews. 

David  Hoadley. 

Joseph  C.  Farnham. 

Hartman  Markoe. 

Henry  W.  Olcott. 

Joseph  P.  Spencer. 

James  R.  Westcott. 

Josiah  Salisbury  Breese. 

Thos.  A.  Cummins. 

James  J.  Okill. 

Hannah  Scribner,  widow  of  Elijah  P.  Scribner. 
Phoebe  Cobb,  wife  of  Jas.  N.  Cobb. 
Mary  Hoadley,  wife  of  David  Hoadley. 
Charlotte  Smith,  wife  of  Wm.  H.  Smith. 


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Caroline  Sophia  Lowery,  wife  of  John  Lowery. 
Jane  Baker. 

Ann  Eliza  Doremus,  wife  of  Mr.  Vredenburg. 
*Ann  Frances  Darling,  wife  of  Mr.  Ibbotson. 
*Mary  Seely,  wife  of  Capt.  Wm.  Matthews. 

Harriet  H.  Thome. 

Louisa  C.  Thome. 

Cornelia  M.  Thome. 

Ann  Emmons. 

Caroline  E.  Hoe,  wife  of  Benajah  Smith. 
Mary  Evans. 
Laura  L.  Johnson. 
Cornelia  Johnson. 
Mary  P.  Olmsted. 

Maria  S.  White,  now  wife  of  Jas.  R.  Westcott 
Ann  Eliza  Goddard. 

Elizabeth  H.  Otis,  wife  of  Wm.  C.  Bowers. 

Rachel  Hoe. 

Frances  E.  Sistare. 

Sarah  L.  Sistare. 

Cynthia  F.  Davis. 

William  Haines,  jun. 

Margaret  C.  Doremus. 

Sarah  Buck. 

Frances  Maria  Hayes,  wife  of  Wm.  Dibblee. 
John  W.  Leavitt. 

Cecilia  K.  Leavitt,  wife  of  John  W.  Leavitt. 
William  Callender,  jun. 
Alma  Post,  wife  of  J.  Post. 
Matilda  Scribner. 
Palmer  Sumner. 
Frederick  Marquand. 
*Samuel  B.  Haight. 
Hetty  Marquand,  wife  of  Frederick  Marquand. 
Thomas  Darling,  jun. 
Stephen  P.  Leeds. 
John  M.  Seely. 

Elizabeth  M.  Farnham,  wife  of  J.  C.  Farnham 
Edward  Buck. 


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Frances  Mills,  wife  of  Cephas  Mills. 
Mary  S.  White,  widow  of  Oliver  White. 
Mary  S.  Graham. 
Mary  Post. 
Jane  Graham. 

Caroline  Kiikland,  wife  of  Mr.  Devoe. 

Maria  Scribner. 

Sarah  A.  Lucas. 

Samuel  N.  Burrill. 

Gurdon  Buck. 

Susannah  Buck. 

1832. 

Maria  Hayes,  wife  of  Newton  Hayes. 
Mary  S.  Peck,  wife  of  J.  Peck. 
^Mary  Ann  Patrick,  widow  of  John  Patrick. 
Cephas  Mills. 
John  G.  Nelson. 
Chas.  C.  Young. 
David  Buck. 
David  N.  Demarest. 

Hannah  Demarest,  wife  of  David  Demarest 

Evelina  Thompson. 

Sarah  Thompson. 

Mary  Tingle. 

Phoebe  Crozier,  widow. 

Martha  Lucas,  widow  of  Paul  Lucas. 

Charles  Crosby. 

Cordelia  C.  Crosby,  wife  of  Chas.  Crosby- 
Pardon  D.  Davis. 
Mary  B.  Auchincloss. 

1833. 

Esther  Storrs,  wife  of  H.  R.  Storrs. 
Martha  Wurts,  wife  of  J.  Wurts. 
Mary  Simonson,  wife  of  John  Simonson. 
Rachel  Morgan,  wife  of  J.  M.  Morgan. 
Sarah  Boyd. 
Martha  Gibson. 
Nathaniel  N.  Halsted. 

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Anna  Halsted,  wife  of  N.  L.  Halsted. 
Francis  G.  Turner. 
John  M.  Morgan. 

1834. 

*Wm.  D.  Waterman. 

Benajah  Smith. 

Rebecca  Laird. 

Susan  Coursen. 

Stephen  Wickes,  M.  D. 

David  White,  candidate  for  the  Ministry. 

Nathaniel  L.  Griswold. 
*Ann  Knowles,  wife  of  John  Knowles. 

Mary  Bradley,  wife  of  Saml.  N.  Burrill. 

Edward  Boynton. 

Hiram  Barney. 

Charles  D.  Buck. 

The  following  Members  of  the  Church  are  Coloured 
Persons. 
1810. 

Margaret  Bogardus  Brown. 
*Dorcas  Marsh. 

1812. 

^Elizabeth  Uvers. 
*Mary  Freeman. 

1817. 

Elizabeth  Dubois. 
♦Archibald  Bogue. 

1818. 

*Phi)lis  Denistoun. 
Elizabeth  Doughty. 
Lena  Rankin. 

Betsey  Peterson,  now  Mrs.  Brown. 
*Mary  Clark. 


1S20. 

•Sally  Francis. 
•Dinah  Johnson. 
Hannah  Thompson. 

1821. 

Dinah  Dubois. 

1S22. 

Jenny  Bloodgood. 
•Judith  Wynkoop. 

1823. 

Betsy  Jones. 

1827. 

•Aun  Hall. 
Martha  Jackson. 

1830. 

Nancy  Johnson. 

1832. 

Hannah  Johnson. 


Have  entered  the  Ministry,  or  are  Candidates  for 
the  Ministry,   42 


